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Harrison Ford will no longer be part of the Indiana Jones franchise, after playing the iconic character for 42 years.
The 80-year-old confirmed his upcoming performance in Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny will be his last in the franchise. Ford took up the role as the daredevil archaeologist in the original movie back in 1981 and as since returned for each of the franchise's instalments, spanning across four decades.
In the latest instalment, Harrison will star alongside Mads Mikkelsen and Phoebe Waller-Bridge as he races against time to retrieve a legendary dial that can change the course of history. But Ford revealed that he wouldn't be returning after the fifth film, reports the Mirror.
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"This is the final film in the series," he shockingly revealed. "And this is the last time I’ll play the character. I anticipate that it will be the last time that he appears in a film."
Despite leaving the franchise, Harrison admitted that he'd been "ambitious" to do the film for a decade and found joy in working on it. He said: "I had been ambitious to do this film for 10 years, and there finally came a time when we all committed to that. It was a joyous moment for me. I think it’s a rare situation that I find myself in."
He told Total Film: "I’ve been able to deliver amazing films developed by Steven [Spielberg] and George [Lucas] over a 40-year period, and to end it not with a whimper, but a bang, has been my greatest ambition for this excursion."
Ford was also aware of an Indiana Jones TV series being "actively" created by streaming platform, Disney Plus. However, echoing his former statement on about the Indiana Jones franchise, he insisted that he
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Total Film.“I had been ambitious to do this film for 10 years, and there finally came a time when we all committed to that,” he added. “It was a joyous moment for me.
Harrison Ford says he believes the forthcoming Indiana Jones film Dial of Destiny will be the last ever time the celebrated archaeologist appears in a film.
Indiana Jones And The Dial Of Destiny.The fifth and final Indiana Jones film is released on June 30. A synopsis reads: “Finding himself in a new era, approaching retirement, Indy wrestles with fitting into a world that seems to have outgrown him.“But as the tentacles of an all-too-familiar evil return in the form of an old rival, Indy must don his hat and pick up his whip once more to make sure an ancient and powerful artifact doesn’t fall into the wrong hands.”Ever since the film was announced fans have speculated that Quan will make a return to the franchise after starring as Short Round in 1984’s Indiana Jones And The Temple Of Doom.Last year Indiana Jones star Harrison Ford reunited with Quan at the Disney D23 Expo before Jones presented Quan his Oscar for his role in Everything Everywhere All At Once, which picked up Best Picture at the 2023 ceremony. However, it’s not good news for people hoping to see the pair together on the big screen again.In an interview with Entertainment Tonight Quan responded to the Indiana Jones 5 cameo rumours.
Steven Spielberg was originally set to direct Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny.
Steven Spielberg has shared his reaction after seeing Indiana Jones And The Dial Of Destiny for the first time.The upcoming fifth instalment is the first entry in the franchise not directed by Spielberg, who instead serves as an executive producer. James Mangold, who previously helmed Logan and Ford v Ferrari, takes up the role of director on the sequel.During the Time 100 Summit (via Variety), Spielberg was asked what it was like watching an Indiana Jones movie he didn’t direct.“I just had that experience two nights ago,” the director said.
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A pre-taped message from Harrison Ford introduced an extended action clip from Lucasfilms’ highly anticipated Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny during Disney’s CinemaCon presentation here in Las Vegas this morning. Said the veteran actor, “Hello CinemaCon! Playing Indiana Jones all these years has meant the world to me. (The movies) have adventure and heart — and for some reason snakes.” In a charming call back to the original Raiders of the Lost Ark, Ford added, “Why did it have to be snakes?”
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny.” But Cinemacon audiences did get to see an extended action sequence, one featuring both Dr. Henry Jones Jr. and Phoebe Waller-Bridge as his goddaughter Helena trying to avoid getting punched, shot or otherwise blown up.
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Zack Sharf Digital News Director Steven Spielberg has seen “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny,” the fifth installment in the long-running adventure franchise and, notably, the first entry not to be directed by Spielberg himself. “The Wolverine” and “Ford v Ferrari” director James Mangold took over filmmaking duties on “Dial of Destiny.” Anyone worried a Spielberg-less “Indiana Jones” movie might not deliver the goods can now rest easy, as Spielberg himself loved the latest sequel. “I just had that experience two nights ago,” Spielberg said at the Time 100 Summit when asked what it’s like watching an “Indiana Jones” movie he didn’t direct. “Bob Iger had a screening for a lot of the Disney executives and I came to the screening along with the director James Mangold. Everybody loved the movie. It’s really, really a good Indiana Jones film. I’m really proud of what Jim has done with it.”
Harrison Ford reprises his role of Indiana Jones in Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny for what the actor says is his last time playing the character.